Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse; whether we're talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or Sting albums, the decade's non-teen culture has no staying power at all.
Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something...
I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much.
You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began.
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.
Yes was a band where we could explore some of those ideas, but I knew that if I wanted to get into orchestral music and make a living at it, movies seemed to be a perfect spot.
My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason.
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It ta...
Aron Ralston: MOVE THIS FUCKING ROCK!
Jim: Please... Corporal Mitchell: Believe me, I'm not interested.
Bernadette: [to Felicia] I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "No more fucking ABBA!"
Felicia: [to Tick and Bernadette] So anyway, back to me.
Tick: [to Felicia and Bernadette] Aren't we fabulous?
Felicia: [to Tick] Oh! Oh, Mitzi! It's gabardine! I haven't seen gabardine for years!
Bernadette: [to Tick] Take the shortcut.
Tick: [to Bob] Well, are we bunny-hopping all the way to Alice?
Bernadette: [to Tick] You've got to be fucking joking!
